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The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

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goldinbookworm's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense

3.75

mawest's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A novel of great twists and turns in true Lucy style! Just about the time I want to put it down and move on, I’m hooked and need to know what happens and who did it!

shesometimesreads's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

pij's review against another edition

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mysterious slow-paced

3.0

bellsdixon's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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defenders_iris's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

What a miserable meandering excuse for a book. It was an interesting premise: a tale of friendships strained and broken in isolation as the mystery of a murder shrouds them, especially when surrounded by creepy strangers. This, however, quickly devolved into plodding diatribes by rich British people who were, collectively, the most immature people I've ever had the displeasure to read about. Somehow every single problem seemed trite at best, contrived at worst, and good Lord do people not regularly talk to their significant others???

I was also put off by the amount of random sex. It seemed like whenever the book got too "boring", the author would randomly put in a sex scene or an allusion to it that served no purpose other than to get you back into the book, a sort of shock value not displayed for other things like the characters getting shot at the end. Also... really? That's who you made the villain?

The first time I've put an audiobook higher than 1.0x just to finish with it sooner. Bravo for that achievement. Cannot recommend in any capacity.

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